Overexpression of copper/zinc superoxide dismutase: A novel cause of murine muscular dystrophy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-386

  Rando, Thomas A ^a,b   Crowley, Rebecca S ^a,b   Carlson, Elaine J ^c   Epstein, Charles J ^c   Mohapatra, Pramit K ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HINDLIMB; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0031684120     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440315     Document Type: Article

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